Spring-seat for wagons



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J. WOLF & W. F. MORELL.

SPRING SEAT FOR WAGONS.

No. 367,772.. Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB \VOLF AND \VILLIAM F. MOBELL, OF OUTCHOGUE, NEWV YORK.

SPRING-SEAT FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,772, dated August2. 1887.

Application filed May 26, 1887. Serial No. 239,439. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J A0013 XVOLF and W IL- LIAM F. MoRELL, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Outchogue,-in the cou nty ofSuffolk and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring'Sea-ts for lVagons; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked there on, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inspring-seats for wagons,

the object of our invention being to provide a cheap, simple, andeffective spring-seat, the parts of which are so organized that theywill re-enforce each other and a large amount of spring play will bepermitted without permitting excessive depression of the spring or seator increasing the resistance of the spring.

YVith the above ends in view, our invention consists in the constructionand combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,andspecifically pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figure 1is a front view of a spri ng-seat constructed in accordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of a loop which is attached to the bottom of the seat.

A refers to a seat of a wagon, which is of ordinary construction, to theunder side of which is attached by suitable wood screws or bolts platesa, which have attached thereto loops a. These loops, of which there arefour or more, are attached near the corners at the under side of theseat.

B refers to flat springs,which are of a greater length than theseat-board, which springs are secured to the under side of the, seat byclip, which may extend around the central portion of the springs, or bybolts which pass through perforations in the centers thereof, thesesprings B diverging from the bottom board of the seat outwardly anddownwardly, and they are provided near their ends with perforations 7 b,through which pass bolts or screws for attaching bars 0 thereto, whichbars not only serve to connect the ends of each of the springs B B toeach other, but also serve as stops, which will abut against thesideboards of the wagon, so as to prevent the seat from slipping off,and also limit the play of the springs B B when they are depressed, soas to abut against the side-boards. The perforations 2) permit the bar 0being adjusted upon the spring,so as to suit wagon-bodies of dilierentwidth.

The ends of the springs B B project beyond the bars 0 0, so as to bearupon the upper edge of the wagon-body and form a support for the seat.

On the upper edge of the springs B B, at a point about midway betweenthe centers and ends, are secured plates, (1 (l, and above these platesare' attached by suitable rivet-s or clips short leaves D D, whichproject upwardly from the springs B B, the ends of which are bentslightly, so as to be nearly parallel with the seat and pass throughloops at a.

By the construction hereinbefore set forth we provide a spring-seatwhich is simple in construction and easy riding, and which will tend tomaintain itself in a horizontal position even though the weightis placedon oncside or end of the same.

Ve are aware that it is not broadly new to provideawagou with aremovable spring seat, or provide the running-gear of a vehicle withlongitudinal springs having leaves which extend to the body, and we donot therefore claim such as our invention; but

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 1.The combination, with a wagon-seat, of the parallel springs B, rigidlysecured to the seat at its longitudinal center and connected at theirends by adjustable bars 0, the springleaves D, secured to the uppersides of springs B, midway between their ends and centers, and loopssecured near the ends of the seat to receive the outer end of saidspring leaves, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a wagon-seat provided on itsunder side withloops near the corners, the parallel springs B, secured to the seat atthe center and provided at their outer ends with elongated slots, bars0, adjustably secured to the outer ends of said springs by In testimonywhereof we affix our signatures bolts passing through said slots, platesd, sein presence of two witnesses.

on red to the upper sides of sprin s B midway between their centers andendsfand spring- JACOB WOLF 5 leaves D, having their inner ends securedVILLIAM MORELL above plates (1 and their outer ends seated in\Vituesses: the loops at the corners of the seat, substan- ROSWELL B.TUTHILL,

tially as described. M. A. FLEET.

